{"id":150,"date":"2022-12-06T02:52:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T02:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marshalltowntools.com.au\/?page_id=150"},"modified":"2023-08-01T03:02:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T03:02:33","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marshalltowntools.com.au\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;35&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;6&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; back_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; back_image=&#8221;119152&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;80&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; top_divider=&#8221;gradient&#8221; bottom_divider=&#8221;gradient&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;778435&#8243; back_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; 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The customer was pleased with the improved product and more requests trickled in. The Williams brothers made a few more trowels and put them on the market. Word traveled fast and they began receiving orders from outside of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The men needed more space, so they moved in 1902. They built a two-story machine shop, blacksmith shop, and automobile shop, as well as a boiler, engine room, and office. 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The company had long since become more than just a \u201ctrowel\u201d supplier and now offers over 7,000 products for professionals and do-it-yourselfers in asphalt, brick, concrete, drywall\/plasterboard, tile and more. To its customers and others in the industry, the company is known for the best tools and it is known by one name \u2013 MARSHALLTOWN.<\/p>\n<p>The Williams brothers began over 130 years ago and MARSHALLTOWN is now one of the largest tool manufacturers in the world. 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